Folk Arts Day Will Feature Craft Shows, Music

May 13, 1986|By Ann Bay

Folk Arts Day will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach. Craft demonstrations will continue throughout the day starting with a quilt demonstration by Linda Schapper; basketry by Mia Gerber; spinning by Jonathan Gerber; weaving by Myrtle Sherwood; woodcarving by The Casements Woodcarving Club; and potpourri and dried flower arranging by Marjorie Raymond. There will be clogging by the Surfside Country Cloggers and folk music. There also will be judging of home canned pickles and preserves.

-- Award pins were recently presented to five volunteers of Humana Hospital-Daytona Beach Auxiliary. Ann Spice was recognized for 3,000 hours and Virginia Millar and Ben Connolly each was awarded pins for 1,500 hours. A 500- hour pin was presented to Ann Deane, and Mary Donahue was given a 100-hour pin.

-- Mike Brothers, curator of science at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, has scheduled several expeditions in and around the Daytona Beach area this month. Wednesday he will lead a one- to two-hour beach walk at the northside of Ponce Inlet. Participants should meet at the lighthouse parking lot at 10 a.m. There is no charge and the public is welcome.

Brothers will conduct a field class from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. It will focus on the abundant wildflowers and trees native to Volusia County. He will identify terrestrial orchids, as well as several carnivorous species, such as sundews, butterwort, bladderworks and pitcher plants. The cost is $5 a person. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 24 Brothers will lead a group to several areas including Pelican Island Sanctuary and the Ponce Inlet mudflats to examine the creatures that inhabit the

lagoons and salt marshes. The cost is $5.

Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes, old clothes and a sun hat for the nature excursions. All trips begin in the museum parking lot and are by car except for the beach walk. Reservations are not necessary for the beach walk but are for nature trips. Participants should call the museum for reservations and plan to bring a sack lunch and beverage.

-- The Garden Club of Ponce Inlet will hold its fourth annual ice cream social and bake sale from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the town hall. Horseshoes and shuffleboard will be available for playing all afternoon, free balloons to all the children and home-baked cakes, breads and cookies will be for sale. Tickets are $1.50 and may be purchased from garden club members or at the door.

-- Halifax Hospital Medical Center's annual health fair will be at the Volusia Mall from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today in observance of National Hospital Week.

Free testing will include: colorectal cancer screening by the Regional Oncology Center; pulmonary function tests by the respiratory therapy department; skin cancer screening by plastic surgeon Francisco Herrero (from 10 a.m. to noon only); hemoglobin testing by the American Red Cross; and water testing by the Volusia County Health Department. Health-care professionals from Halifax Medical Center and area social service agencies will be on hand to answer questions and distribute literature. Reservations are not required. -- The Daytona Beach YMCA is offering a counselor-in-training program during the summer months for youths ages 13 and 14 years. The program will provide summer fun and activity for the youths at a discount rate. The youngsters also will be taught skills necessary to become a paid junior counselor for the 1987 summer day camp. All applications must be received by May 31. The program will run from June 16 through Aug. 29. For more information, call the YMCA.

-- The youth affairs group of the Peninsula Woman's Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. today at the clubhouse. Members are asked to bring a sandwich. Dessert and beverage will be provided. Luncheon and cards will be in the clubhouse at 11:30 a.m. Thursday for members and their guests. Call Eleanor Marsh at 767-0974 for reservations.